Police said the woman, who was not known to the occupants, broke into the Colony Road home and started smashing dishes and other items in the kitchen. When police arrived on the scene shortly after 4:20 p.m. she allegedly spit in an officer’s face.

Michelle Mancini, of 481 Cold Spring Ave., Apt. 1A, was charged with breaking and entering in the daytime for a felony, malicious destruction of property under $250 and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.